Military operations continue in various parts of Iraq, with Tikrit, a Baath Party stronghold and the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, the only major city not under coalition control. Retired U.S. Air ...

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December 13, 2003 – Hussein is captured in Tikrit. June 28 ... November 2004 – US and Iraqi forces battle insurgents in Falluja. About 2,000 insurgents are killed. On November 14, Falluja ...

During the 10-day-long gun battle, ISIS prisoners rioted and took ... followed by Mosul and Tikrit. From Mosul's Great Mosque, al Baghdadi renames the group Islamic State and declares a caliphate.

In 1187, Saladin both defeated crusader forces at the battle of Hattin and captured Jerusalem after ... Born in either 1137 or 1138 in the city of Tikrit (now in Iraq), Saladin was raised in a ...

It felt more like a computer game than a battle. On our side everything was calm ... When this young Kurd from Halabja visited one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Tikrit, shortly after the regime’s ...

Her father lived through the battle as a combat correspondent. Feb. 23, 2025 Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 ...

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

Mike Battle, an All-American defensive back at USC and a former member of the Jets died last week, the university announced Tuesday. Battle died in Nellysford, Virginia, on March 6 of natural causes.

NEW DELHI, March 7 (Reuters) - India has signed a $248 million contract with Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport to acquire more powerful engines for its Soviet-era battle tanks ...

ASURAJANG is a new battle royale experience that mixes in melee combat that packs a punch and trendy anime style graphics. Pick your favorite character and engage in strategic combat to become the ...